Writings

If you have children old enough to press the home button on your device, you’ve probably already had to deal with the idea of screen time. Growing up, screen time meant limiting AOL instant messenger, which only lived on the large Compaq Presario desktop near the kitchen.

Today, managing screen time with kids is…a little more challenging. Typically the average household probably has multiple devices, including the parent’s phones, iPads, an iPod Touch here and there, the uncle’s old iPhone, and increasingly, the child’s own device.

For the longest time I was convinced Canada consisted of Toronto, Montreal and moose. After my recent cruise through Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Maine I was clearly proven wrong. I was there on business, photographing and capturing video for Educational Opportunities. While I certainly can't complain about this work, you can see the fruits of my labor after the break.

Once again social media has rewarded the hysterical. As you may have heard, Facebook is forcing users to download their individual Messenger app if they would like to message fellow Facebook users. This has been a built-in feature to the current Facebook app, but now they are breaking it out for several reasons.

Know that Facebook is not doing this just to spite its users. Instead, Facebook is attempting to complete on a large scale with the many other popular 3rd party messenger apps (Line, Kik, Whatsapp, etc.) Especially outside the U.S., 3rd party messenger apps are extremely popular, and breaking out the app means Facebook can develop and focus on its messenging features to compete.

Yes, it's that time of year again. Apple faithfully releases a new iPhone into the world every year, and this time it appears to be arriving on September 9, 2014. Whether you're in the market for a new iPhone, or even a new Android phone, the release of the iPhone 6 affects everyone.

Apple's 2014 WWDC keynote was not about new devices or product categories, it was about something much more important. Personally, the next five years for Apple seemed uncertain before today's presentation. Could they still innovate and move the industry forward like they did with the iPhone and iPad?

While he would never admit it himself, Jony Ive might be the most interesting man in the world. Never seen on stage, but only in highly produced product videos, Jony Ive along with Craig Federighi sit down with USA Today for a rare interview.